Lighter Side of the News (Oct. 08, 2021) by HallR

Champion(s):

MattK
Ready. Fire. Aim.


Runner(s)-Up:

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Quiz Description

Quiz - #14-13

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 73 00 28 12 67 84 78 23 39 45 67 62
1 MattK 434 97 00
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2 AnthonyBianca 350 91 15
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3 GoodmanDL 343 86 15
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4 KPope 326 80 00
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5 Tarn 308 75 00
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6 casketromance 297 69 15
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7 helene 291 63 15
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8 Vendy12 248 58 00
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9 HoH 247 52 00
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10 CoenM 225 47 00
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11 felsenheldd 200 41 00
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12 Vintsanity 170 36 15
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13 DouglasLovesVixey 168 30 00
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14 SokolM 165 25 00
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15 HortonR 162 16 00
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15 gaufqwi 162 16 00
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17 RobinJRichards 155 8 00
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18 LynchT 129 2 00
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Questions:

Last Sunday night, in Hollywood, Florida, marked the last concert in the North American leg of the world tour for what rock band, whose setlist included such cuts as "Slither", "Rocket Queen" and "Mr. Brownstone"?

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Guns N' Roses

The new James Bond movie debuts today! The 25th film in the series, what is the title of this latest Bond film?

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No Time to Die

The 2021 MLB postseason is now underway. What team are Milwaukee Brewers playing in the National League Division Series?

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Braves

What marine animal species has been redacted in this recent image?

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Squid

A Google News search was conducted on Wednesday using the term: "Katie Couric, Ellen Pompeo". The top two results were headlines which mentioned what well known movie actor?

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Denzel Washington

Despite a recent cyclone, cricket's Twenty20 World Cup is scheduled to begin next week in Oman. In honor, please answer: In the sport of cricket, what are the two smaller sticks which sit atop three stumps in the wicket called? (edited at 6:02 am, October 8, 2021 (PDT))

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Bails

Multiple choice. This Monday marked the release of "Gold Mouf", the second album for Lute. What genre of music is Lute: A) Hip hop; B) Baroque; C) Electronic dance; D) Renaissance?

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A

On Thursday night ABC aired a new episode of what David E. Kelley produced television series? (attached image is a hint)

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Big Sky

It's been announced that the single "Easy on Me" will be released next Friday. Highly anticipated, "Easy on Me" is the first new music in five years for what mononymous singer?

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Adele

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Podcast Subjects - Popular in 1973 or 2006". Here we go. Pazuzu is the name of the main antagonist in what 1973 film which was the subject of last week's "Unspooled" podcast?

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The Exorcist

"Never wanted to be a 'frat comic'" and "for a brief time during the mid-2000s, the most popular...", are some the lines in the description of the latest episode of "The Last Laugh" podcast where what man was interviewed?

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Dane Cook

Last Sunday night in a Buccaneers win over the Patriots, Tom Brady broke the all-time record for NFL career passing yards. How many career passing yards does Tom Brady have? (accept within 10,000)

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80,560 (accept 70,560 to 90,560)